All About Autism

[Jenchoo]

Thanks all for the advice and suggestions. So far I have informed the form teacher at the start of school. Throughout the whole year she has not reached out to me to inform of any problems. I have not checked in with her as I understand they have 40 students to handle. The only teacher that SMS me once in a blue moon is his maths teacher to inform that he has not done his work and I will ensure he does it. My son is the quiet type so he tends to be a "good" boy to teachers. Even last year in P6, he received the Edusave Award.


He handles things himself. Example once he went to school without his mask. He told me when he reached his school, he suddenly realised when he touched his face. So he quickly went to the toilet instead of his class. He was fortunate that a boy in the toilet noticed and offered him a spare mask. However when the boy was speaking to him, he recalled that I had put a spare mask in his bag months ago. So he declined and wore his own spare mask. I am proud that he could find his own way to solve the problem.

I will try to break it to him slowly and see how it goes. I just dont want him to feel inferior or that he is any less "normal" than other kids. That is my dilemma in letting him know. But if I want to bring him for any therapy or counselling, I will need to let him know soon. Right now, I don’t know what therapy or counselling is suitable for him and where I should start. Some say go polyclinic.

[Jenchoo]

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[sharonkhoo]

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I just dont want him to feel inferior or that he is any less \"normal\" than other kids. That is my dilemma in letting him know. But if I want to bring him for any therapy or counselling, I will need to let him know soon. Right now, I don't know what therapy or counselling is suitable for him and where I should start. Some say go polyclinic.

I think at some point he will have to know that he has some \"differences\". I hesitate to use \"normal\" as the opposite is usually regarded as \"abnormal\" with perjorative connotations. He will need to understand himself and, more importantly, why other people may find him different or get impatient with him, and why his understanding of the world differs from others. And he will one day have to advocate for himself. You will have to judge when he is ready to cope with all this, but he cannot help himself if he doesn't realise that he has these differences.

It's important that both you and he believe that \"less normal\" doesn't necessarily mean \"worse\". Extremely able people are also \"less normal\". Nowadays, a term that is used is \"differently abled\", but as long as people still think of that as \"disabled\", nothing changes in their minds.

I don't know if the polyclinic is the best place to ask for help. The public health service mostly deals with severe cases, and your son doesn't sound like one. Maybe your son's school counsellor might be able to give you some advice as to where to go. If you can afford it, private educational psychologists might be able to help.

[Jenchoo]

Thanks slmkhoo. Anyone here has good recommendation of private psychologist? If have, can you kindly private message me please. Thanks in advance.

[Iset1990]

Hi everyone, would appreciate it if anyone can share a contact for a good private specialist to do an assessment and also a contact for good speech therapist? Thanks in advance!

[O_O_Dad]

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Such a joy to read, I wound up spending a good hour on your site. You are a great dad!

Indeed, income and employment for special needs children/teenagers is a topic we all have to address, better sooner than later. Earlier this year, my student was scouting for a part-time job as he had some time before starting polytechnic. His parents were hoping that some real-world experience (perhaps at Starbucks?) would be beneficial for the boy, but alas the Covid-19 situation postponed their plans
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[O_O_Dad]

Sorry, I didn’t see your comment which was posted since April! I am glad you enjoyed my blog. Do connect as friends via Facebook (William WK Tan) or IG (William WK Tan), I update regularly the things I learn from my children. Once again, thank you!

xxx
Such a joy to read, I wound up spending a good hour on your site. You are a great dad!

Indeed, income and employment for special needs children/teenagers is a topic we all have to address, better sooner than later. Earlier this year, my student was scouting for a part-time job as he had some time before starting polytechnic. His parents were hoping that some real-world experience (perhaps at Starbucks?) would be beneficial for the boy, but alas the Covid-19 situation postponed their plans
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[O_O_Dad]

Sorry, I didn’t see your comment which was posted since April! I am glad you enjoyed my blog. Do connect as friends via Facebook (William WK Tan) or IG (William WK Tan), I update regularly the things I learn from my children. Once again, thank you!

xxx
Such a joy to read, I wound up spending a good hour on your site. You are a great dad!

Indeed, income and employment for special needs children/teenagers is a topic we all have to address, better sooner than later. Earlier this year, my student was scouting for a part-time job as he had some time before starting polytechnic. His parents were hoping that some real-world experience (perhaps at Starbucks?) would be beneficial for the boy, but alas the Covid-19 situation postponed their plans
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[chenlaoshi]

Can share this with the younger kids and encourage them to be more inclusive.


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